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'It didn't use to bug you'

DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.

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Jiltrait

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: jill-trate (rhymes with filtrate)

Sentence: Hogan wondered why his relationships never lasted; finally a friend told him about all of his bad jiltraits.

Etymology: jilt + trait

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Damnerism

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: dam.e.rism

Sentence: A few months and a few damnerisms later they decided to quit trying and got a divorce

Etymology: damn+mannerism

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COMMENTS:

Hey W5, I think you're the best! I'm voting for your word today! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 23:50:00

thanks meister, I liked that word myself, actually - w5lf9s, 2007-02-16: 02:05:00

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Proclirritation

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: pro-clear-rit-ta-shun

Sentence: His proclirritation to fart without excusing himself used to be cute to her, but now it was just an annoyance.

Etymology: proclivity + irritation

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Pennykilla

Created by: shrimp

Pronunciation: penni-killa

Sentence: a times of a romantic evening, the dirty looks of the girl will pennykilla my heart

Etymology: first thing I thought of when I read the description :-)

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Conpeeve

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Con-Pee-Ve

Sentence: His combination of snoring and sleepwalking quickly went from cute to conpeeving after the fourth night of watching him snore walk his way into the wall.

Etymology: Con - Peeve (what used to be a propreeve is now a con)

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Intimesstation

Created by: alphabetapolothology

Pronunciation:

Sentence: His intimesstation of uncontrollable gas had become a black cloud in their relationship.

Etymology: intimate + mess + irritation

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Vexclination

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: vex-clin-a-ashun

Sentence: His vexclinations make him near insufferable.

Etymology: from vex + inclination

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Vexappeal

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: vex ap peel

Sentence: Rodney's bad habits were finally starting to grate on Stephanie. His sex appeal had long since become a vexappeal for her. She should have known when he told her that his family motto was, "You can pick your nose, but n ot your relatives..."

Etymology: Vex (irk, annoy) & Appeal (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates) Wordplay on Sex appeal (attractiveness to the opposite sex)

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Agitrait

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: aj/i/treyt

Sentence: His nose-picking became a major agitrait for his girlfriend.

Etymology: agitate + trait

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Quabit

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: kwaa bit

Sentence: Diane always had the quabit of finishing of your...

Etymology: from quirk and habit, bit obvious but I'm not feeling that original today.

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COMMENTS:

Reminds me of a quantum computing qubit. It's like a habit that is only annoying depending on your point of view. On an only slightly related point, I once used "qubyte" in a round of Scrabble! - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:43:00

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Comments:

wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...

ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.